To graduate from a general program a student must:

1. earn 15.00 credits. These must include courses that fulfill the distribution requirements (see 3 below). At least 4.00 credits must be at the 3000 level or above. Not more than 6.00 credits at the introductory (1000) level may be counted towards the 15.00 credit requirement.

   9.00 of the required 15.00 credits must be in courses offered by the College of Arts, the departments of Economics, Geography, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology and Anthropology (in the College of Social and Applied Human Sciences), the Department of Computing and Information Science, or the Department of Mathematics and Statistics.

2. no more than 11.00 credits in any one subject or discipline, as indicated by the course prefix code, can be counted towards a general degree.

While students are encouraged to complete the requirements of one or more areas of concentration, this is not a graduation requirement.

To graduate from an honours program a student must:

1. earn 20.00 credits. These must include courses that fulfill the distribution requirements (see 3 below), and courses that fulfill the requirements of at least 1 major. At least 7.00 credits must be at the 3000 level or above. Not more than 6.00 credits from courses at the introductory (1000) level may be counted towards the 20.00 credit requirement.
2. fulfill the course and credit requirements of at least one major with a cumulative average of at least 70% in all course attempts at the University of Guelph in that major. Grades in all courses in the discipline area of the major are included in the cumulative average. Grades from those courses in other disciplines listed as options toward the major are also included in the average. (This condition does not apply to majors in the interdisciplinary programs of International Development and European Studies, where only courses in the core and chosen area of emphasis will be counted toward the specialization average.) Students may take more than 1 major. They may also take one or more minors. The 70% requirement applies to each major and minor.
3. no more than 14.00 credits in any 1 subject or discipline, as indicated by the course prefix code, can be counted towards an honours degree.

The requirements for a major are set out separately for each major. Students may take more than 1 major. They may also take one or more minors, but a minor is not required for graduation. Up to 50% of the courses in a second major or in a minor may be courses taken in fulfillment of the first major.

University recognition that a student has graduated with a particular major or minor requires a cumulative average of 70% for all course attempts at this University in that major or minor.

Students failing to meet the graduation requirements of the honours program may apply to graduate with a general degree if the requirements for the general degree are met. Students should note that a specialization is not required to graduate with a general degree.

Honours B.A. students, except those doing a major in Computing and Information Science or Mathematics and Statistics, must take a minimum of 12.00 credits in the College of Arts and the departments of Economics, Geography, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology and Anthropology (in the College of Social and Applied Human Sciences).

Provided they fulfil this requirement and all other requirements of a B.A., they may take any minor or major offered by a department outside of the College of Arts and the College of Social and Applied Human Science (with the written permission of the Dean of the College of the department housing the desired program) as either a minor or a second major. In the cases of Computing and Information Science, Mathematics, and Statistics, Honours B.A. students may do the program as a single major as well.